John Milne MP: written questions
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Breast Cancer: TomographyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer are routinely offered MRI scans for follow-up monitoring.
Answer: The National Health Service is committed to ensuring that all cancer patients in England, including those with lobular breast cancer, have access to personalised care, including a needs assessment, a care plan, and health and wellbeing information and sup...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the Government’s independent commission into adult social care include the means testing which underpins the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Answer: We have launched an independent commission into adult social care as part of our first steps towards delivering a National Care Service.Baroness Casey and her team will look at what fundamental reforms will be needed, what social care should look like, wh...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on businesses in Scotland.
Answer: Properly funding public services and restoring economic stability required difficult decisions, which is why we are asking employers to contribute more. Stabilising the public finances is the only way to create long-term stability businesses need to thriv...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the annual saving to the public purse from not fully disregarding (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in the assessment of Pension
Answer: No formal assessment has been made on the annual saving to the public purse on not fully disregarding these payments.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: StatisticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 2013 mandate to accurately collect and collate data on cancer recurrence is being fully implemented.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that data on cancer is complete and of sufficiently high quality. The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) collects recurrence data for non-primary cancers via data submissions as part of the Cancer Outcomes...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ChemicalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the impact of exposure to chemicals on cancer incidence rates.
Answer: The UK REACH regulation aims to protect human health from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, including substances of very high concern such as carcinogens. This is led by the Health and Safety Executive, with the UK Health Security Agency contribut...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide routine access to circulating tumour DNA blood tests to support the (a) detection and (b) treatment of breast cancer.
Answer: The Department remains committed to improving faster and earlier detection of breast cancer and will work to ensure that patients have timely access to lifesaving, innovative treatments. We have now exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million oper...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer will provide a specific breakdown by (a) breast cancer subtype and (b) hormone receptor status.
Answer: We are committed to improving the lives of those diagnosed with both primary and secondary breast cancer. The Department does not hold the information to make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary or secondary breast cance...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spends on average per patient with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer; and if he will make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary breast cancer.
Answer: We are committed to improving the lives of those diagnosed with both primary and secondary breast cancer. The Department does not hold the information to make a comparative assessment of the average spend per patient with primary or secondary breast cance...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Guidance: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure young people are supported in choosing from the range of (a) technical and (b) vocational options available to them after the end of the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge c
Answer: Enabling access to apprenticeships and technical education remains a key part of this government’s education policy. There is a range of support available to schools, colleges, parents, careers and young people to support careers education and the promoti...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes and Vocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) greater data sharing between (i) work coaches and (ii) careers advisors and (b) improvements to (A) engaging and (B) involving local employers
Answer: DWP has strengthened its employer engagement strategy through a multi-faceted approach, involving early business input into the JCS design and a rolling programme of engagement events. Local employer engagement is driven by dedicated teams, sector-specifi...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will maintain the careers guidance service for all unemployed people receiving support as part of the new national Jobs and Careers Service.
Answer: We are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new Jobs and Careers Service across Great Britain that will transform our ability to support people into good, meaningful work, and to progress in work, including through an enhanced focus on skills and caree...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that local green spaces that have been designated in Neighbourhood Plans are supported, in the context of the withdrawal of
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Impact AssessmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has produced an Impact Assessment on the removal of funding to Neighbourhood Planning Support services.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local green spaces have been designated in Neighbourhood plans in England.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Neighbourhood Plans are in place in England.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Sports and Physical EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to cover costs to schools for Sports and PE funding between July 2025 and October 2025.
Answer: The physical education (PE) and sport premium helps all eligible primary schools to make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide. Schools can decide how to use it, in line with the conditions of the gran...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with steps NICE on ensuring greater (a) clarity and (b) transparency in relation to how carer quality of life is considered within its medicines appraisal framework.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take all health-related costs and benefits, including health-related quality-of-life for carers, and impacts on personal socia...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NICE on ensuring that the Single Technology Appraisal process takes into account the health-related quality-of-life impacts on carers for (a) all and (b) rare disea
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take all health-related costs and benefits, including health-related quality-of-life for carers, and impacts on personal socia...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMuscular Dystrophy: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that NHS Trusts are able to deliver emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy when they are needed by patients.
Answer: The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. If new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are approved by the National Institute f...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase early diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma.
Answer: The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients, including those with lobular carcinoma, survive this horrible set of diseases. To achieve this, the NHS has delivere...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 904123 Gatwick Airport: Carbon Emissions, if she will list the organisations from which she has received carbon emissions projection data relating to Gatwick's
Answer: As this is live planning application that is yet to be decided, unfortunately I cannot comment in detail at this time. However, all information provided to the Secretary of State by the applicant, the Examining Authority, and any parties who chose to make...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate she of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP entitlement rules, (b) the Universal Credit health element and (c) the Universal Credit standard allowance and (d) all thre
Answer: An assessment of the potential impact of the planned changes to health and disability benefits is available here: Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. This includes breakdowns for each change separately on levels of pover...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to (a) PIP entitlement rules, (b) the Universal Credit health element, (c) Universal Credit standard allowance and (d) all three measures
Answer: An assessment of the potential impact of the planned changes to health and disability benefits is available here: Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts. This includes breakdowns for each change separately on levels of pover...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGatwick Airport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding Gatwick Airport on carbon emissions.
Answer: This Government has been clear that airport expansion proposals need to demonstrate they can be delivered in line with the UK’s climate change commitments. Having received further information from Gatwick, the Secretary of State hopes to make a final deci...
Answered 15 May 2025
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